So I discovered a new classic bug today..
The classic truly is a beta product..
Anyone with a classic try this:
- Go to Music > Albums > Select Your Artist > Select All Songs
- skip to say track 5
- now hit the center button until the shuffle options appear, move the cursor over to album then back to songs, hit the center button again
Notice anything? Yup, the track playing will now be 1 of <x> instead of 5 of <x> so all the songs you just recently listened to will be played again.
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paranoidxe] at [2007-11-11 20:52:51]
# 1 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
This thread seems to be a similar problem
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=206356
garym at 2007-11-15 12:11:19 >
# 2 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
That isn't a bug. It just makes sense that if you are going to change the playback settings (e.g. Turn on shuffle) to start it from the start. It makes sense. Well it does to me...
-cJr- at 2007-11-15 12:12:19 >
# 3 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
First you say to skip over tracks and then you say you are hearing them 'again'. I don't quite understand.
# 4 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
Yeah, that's normal. When you set it to "shuffle", what used to be track 5 is now track 1, and all the other songs are now in random order after what is now "track 1".
This make sense?
EDIT: Ok, lets put this another way. Set it to shuffle, and it will basically make a new playlist of the songs on that album, in random order. Instead of it jumping randomly from 5 to 2 to 8 etc., it randomizes the number on each track and puts them in numerical order (1, 2, 3...).
Doubt this is any clearer, just thought I'd throw it out there.
# 5 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
Thats......supposed to happen
# 6 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
No it shouldn't happen that way if I have the shuffle songs setting on originally then I go into the now playing menu change the shuffle to albums but then move it back to songs it should retain the same original settings I originally had thus it should stay at the same track.
# 7 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
Older iPods worked this way too. Here's why:
When you shuffle, the entire list is shuffled at once. It's not random on every track change. This is why you can move back and forth and the tracks will be the same. When you go from not shuffling to shuffling, the iPod starts shuffling from the track that you are at in the playlist that you are on, and has never remembered which tracks were already played. The reason it's more obvious now is because Apple has added the extra-convenient feature of being able to switch in and out of shuffle mode from the Now Playing screen.
If you go back *out* of shuffle, the track number in the playlist or album becomes the current track number -- in shuffle mode, the track you're on becomes track #1 in the shuffle.
# 8 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
I've got to say that I think the way that the suffle function behaves is the correct way, i wouldn't want it to disregard any tracks that are previous to what is currently playing, if I set it to shuffle then i'd want the whole album / playlist shuffled
RealaT at 2007-11-15 12:18:32 >
# 9 Re: So I discovered a new classic bug today..
its the difference between shuffle and random
imagine your songs are a card of decks
shuffle rearranges them into a 'random order' meaning although you hear them in no particular order you only hear each song once
random means you coudl potentially hear any song repeated in any order (i.e draw a card then put it back in, draw a card then put it back in, draw a card then put it back in, draw a card then put it back in, draw a card then put it back in, draw a card then put it back in, etc etc
